Heredity

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Heredity
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Objective

• The learner will realize that certain
  characteristics are passed from parent to
  offspring

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In this activity you will

• Learn about characteristics that are passed from
  parents to offspring
• At the end of this lesson, you will write a
  report about what characteristics you share with
  your parents, brothers or sisters. You may also
  choose to write about what characteristics
  someone you know shares with his or her parents,
  brothers or sisters.

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Do you see any ways that these children are
similar to their parents or brothers and sisters?
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• Look around. Is anyone just like you? You and
  everyone else are unique. No two people are
  exactly alike, including identical twins.
  However, many of your traits are inherited.
• People in a family may have things in common.
  They can share traits. You can inherit traits
  from your parents.
• Some traits include

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Eye Color
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Hair color
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Hair Texture
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Skin Color
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Body Shape
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Heredity and Genetics

• Your genes determine whether or not you possess
  certain physical traits. Your genes make you
  blue eyed or brown eyed, or have brown or blond
  hair. These traits are highly complex, and
  involve the interaction of many genes.
• To explore more traits that are determined by
  your genes, click below.

http//student.biology.arizona.edu/sciconn/heredit
y/worksheet_heredity.html
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http//gslc.genetics.utah.edu/units/basics/tour/in
heritance.swf
Exactly how do we get these traits from our
parents? Click below to find out!
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To find out more about genes and what they do for
us, watch this movie

• http//www.brainpop.com/health/growthanddevelopmen
  t/genes/index.weml

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Your assignment

• Write a paragraph about at least three traits
  you share with your parents, brothers or sisters.
  
• You may also choose to write about what traits
  someone you know shares with his or her parents,
  brothers or sisters.

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Other Activities

• Make a poster of your family that shows things
  that you have in common. You can highlight the
  traits that are the same.
• Make a family tree that shows traits that have
  been passed down in your family.
• Invite a hair care specialist to come in and talk
  about baldness, hair color, and hair texture.
• Invite a professional animal breeder in to talk
  about different breeds.
• Invite a doctor in to talk about diseases or
  traits that are inherited.